Yeah, you need to see this...

I love that man.

Forever Family (even after babysitting for the Ward Temple Trip for 4 Hours)

Forever Family

Nothing can keep us apart. I am always deeply grateful for the blessings of the Temple that come through the grace of Jesus Christ.

Little A's First Ride

Little A has had trouble riding his bike with training wheels. He had almost given up entirely when we decided out of the blue that M should teach him to ride on the other bike without training wheels. We were thinking maybe the training wheels were holding him back. He is six after all. So much to our surprise he rode on the first time and in the same day learned to start himself. By the third day he was a pro and could ride as long as he wanted to and start himself quite easily. This is one reason M is such a great dad. He is such a great teacher and motivator for the kids. I love that about him. Little A loves him and looks up to him. Little A was so proud that day. I have never seen him so happy and proud of himself. I am so proud of my little A who is not so little anymore. Here is a sample video of the great event:

Tink Graduates Elementary School with Honors

Tink receives Otstanding Effort

President's Award GPA 3.5 for 4th and 5th

Official Graduation

Two star pupils

Three Amigos

Tink is finally through with Rawls Byrd. She is on to bigger and better things like Berkeley Middle School. She did well got very good grades mostly A's a few B's on occasion. She was in the Language Arts Visions Program which was so fun and she learned so much, thank you Mr. Ponton. She learned how to play the saxophone. She only had one run in with a teacher, thank goodness. And most importantly she made a friendship with two really great girls that may last a lifetime. Who knows? 

Cub Scout Camp 2012

This is Pike's last year of Cub Scout Camp. His favorite part of camp is fiching and this year the fish were biting. This picture is Pike's first catch. He went on to catch many more. I will get the total later today. Pike as usual was placed in a much younger group despite my insistance that he was not in the right one. These kids were going in to Third grade next school year while Pike is going into Fifth. So basically we were playing with little brothers which Pike is a por at. It was really sweet to see him being so kind and helping them and they just looked up to him and really like being around him. He of course was the best at everything and was the star kickball player which made up for everything. By lunch I knew he needed to be with his friends and kids closer to his age. So I spoke to the Denwalkers (parents in charge) and worked him into their group and then told the Leader of the camp what was happening and basically she could like it or lump it and after some haggling and finagling to her credit she worked it all out within her system and he was able to stay in the group Webelos 2 with his friends from church. So for the rest of the week he had so much fun and I am so glad I was able to spend two days with him as a denwalker. He is such a kind, thoughtful, and well behaved boy. All of which have nothing to with M or Me. He is so out going and not scared of anything. M and I were always shy and scared as kids and even now as adults we have social issues, not Pike. He is definitely our hero. And sweet fishing moves! "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

Tink is Eleven!

Tink is Eleven!

 We had a lovely old fashioned just the family party for Tink with a homemade cake, just me and Betty of course. We took our new eleven year old to the store to pick out her present and that turned out to be a new bunny leash - the old one was way too small. She has yet to try it out but it was what she wanted. It is black with silver sun, moon, and stars on it - perfect for our little wizard, Dumbledore.

Here is the proud father of the eleven year old.

Here is the eleven year old.

Here are two of the brothers of the eleven year old.

Just a side note that we, M and I, are way too young to have an eleven year old. This year is a pivotal year for Tink because next year will be Young Women's and the end of her official childhood, but since she is our child I am sure she will continue to find ways to have her inner child hang out. She is a darling girl and we love her so much. She makes us so proud in so many ways. We were talking the other day, after spending some time with many other people's children, who were so good, but we both noticed how much we liked our own children. We liked ours the best. So, here's to the best girl ever, love you, Happy Birthday!

This is an old pizza. Really old - about 3 years old. Still looks great right? That's the magic of photography - takes a moment in time and captures it. Why do I go on about pizza and time? Well, I have been attending a well known and loved community college that is like an old friend. We have been seeing each other for over a decade. Well America pays good money for me to go there. And today I spent some time there talking about pizza. I just wanted to capture the moment. Just a college girl and her experiences.
 Another funny little thing I got a new notebook for Christmas and now I am writing at the home computer and I forgot how to use the mouse!
Also, I have a big midterm tomorrow. Isn't it funny that I am blogging and my house is clean. It is amazing how much I can accomplish with the art of procrastination! Really astounds me.
What is really funny is that my daughter procrastinated a big project until tonight the night before it was due. Oh My. That brought back some good memories. After the screaming stopped I had a good time with my parents, some real good one on one time. Those were the best. Love those guys. I wonder if my daughter will look back on tonight and say "sheesh they scared me they got so tense for a moment - I will never do that with my kids...." Never say never kid.